Gold Winner Kept Gifts & Housewares Silver Winner The Independent Mercantile Co. Bronze Winner Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio Dartmouth’s Kept has a little bit of everything, but its housewares really enamoured BOH voters this year. “In the face of online shopping and big-box retail, we strive to uphold the forgotten art of […]
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Give it away now: 10 gift ideas for everyone on your list
For the co-worker who’s always stealing your favourite mug JAW Pottery mug, $38 The Trainyard General Store, 53 Portland Street Sattva Boutique, 2453 Agricola Street For the homesick ex-pat JAMPY baltic birch ornament, $12.50 ($45 for set of 5 designs) jampy.co For the analog lover Keephouse Calendar Tea Towel, $28 Made in the Maritimes, 5527 […]
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Inkwell’s moving to Brunswick Street
It hasn’t been easy being Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique (1658 Market Street) these past few years. Convention centre construction and street closures have been a pretty consistent thorn in the shop’s side, but despite that it’s kept calm and carried on bringing letterpress stationery and adorable handmade gifts to the table. “It’s been a real […]
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Wrapper of the year
Quarrelsome Yeti Weird and wonderful, creepy and cute, Geordan Moore’s whack wrap can make the most boring of gifts (not that you would) extraordinary. Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market, 1209 Marginal Road; Halifax Crafters Winter Market, Dec 2-4 Dartmouth Clothing Company The witty Dartmouth lovers at Dartmouth Clothing Co. put an extra layer of nostalgia on […]
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SHOP THIS: Hand Drawn Halifax Colouring Book
Emma FitzGerald was midway through her now-popular book Hand Drawn Halifax when she had the idea to make a colouring book version, inviting readers and creative types the opportunity to put their own stamp on her line drawings. “Three years ago in Toronto, I bought a Van Gogh colouring book,” says FitzGerald. “As a kid […]
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SHOP THIS: Hand Drawn Halifax Colouring Book
Emma FitzGerald was midway through her now-popular book Hand Drawn Halifax when she had the idea to make a colouring book version, inviting readers and creative types the opportunity to put their own stamp on her line drawings. “Three years ago in Toronto, I bought a Van Gogh colouring book,” says FitzGerald. “As a kid […]
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Card candy
Screen printed gift tag by The Quarrelsome Yeti Seaport Farmers’ Market, 1209 Marginal Road (Saturdays and Sundays) and Halifax Crafters’ Winter Show, Dec 4-6, Olympic Community Hall, 2304 Hunter Street Letterpress card by Inkwell Press Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique, 1658 Market Street Shimmery screenprinted card by Double Dare Print Kept, 127 Portland Street and Halifax […]
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SHOP THIS: Halifax-made valentines
Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio 1658 Market Street, inkwellboutique.ca “The Be Mine card [designed and printed by Inkwell Press] struck a chord with me. Love and friendship are as much a theme of music as they are Valentine’s Day. Despite its impossible finger positions, this card is perfect for the musician in your […]
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SHOP THIS: Poison Pear
Pick your poison. Your Poison Pear, that is. The Halifax-based, one-woman operation (the woman being crafter extraordinaireBeth Ardron) known for its hand-drawn, hand-printed scarves, hats, shirts and accessories has your back—and your neck—in these crisp times. We recommend Poison Pear’s much-loved wool-acrylic button scarf, it’ll stay put on the most blustery of days (“I even […]
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Clusterfuck continues on Market Street
[Image-1] Spoke too soon, it seems. Yesterday’s announcement that Market Street would close for two weeks to accommodate Nova Centre construction caught the public, and the street’s businesses, by surprise. But it appeared a compromise had been reached late yesterday that would allow pedestrian access to Inkwell Boutique and Applehead Studios. Then EllisDon Construction had […]
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Market Street shut-down
[Image-1] The businesses along Market Street almost got an extended Labour Day weekend. Earlier today the city announced the stretch of Market between Sackville and Prince streets would be closed to all traffic and pedestrians for the next two weeks. That came as a surprise to Inkwell Boutique owner Andrea Rahal, who only found out […]
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ShopTalk presents: 25 Things To Do Downtown
1. Remember that the waterfront isn’t just for tourists But it is a good spot to people-watch said camera-slinging visitors. Walk it, run it, admire it from the ferry, eat take-out from Canadian Bacon Cookhouse or The Shack (Queen’s Wharf), check out Historic Properties (1869 Upper Water Street), rent wheels from I Heart Bikes (Sands […]